Thank you to all of the colleagues who are running in the 2021 Archives Management Section elections! Please take some time to review their statements.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-elect, for a two-year term
One Secretary, for a one-year term
Two Steering Committee Members, each for a three-year term
There will also be a section referendum on changes to the Section's bylaws.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; please keep an eye on your inbox for when...
2021 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 International Archival Affairs Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements to make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term; and
One Steering Committee member (three-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the...
It is that time of the year again, SAA election season! Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Oral History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; for a three year term
Two Steering Committee members; for two year terms
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice...
Thank you to our candidates for standing for the 2021 Manuscript Repositories Section election.
Section members, please review their candidate statements and get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
Three (3) Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Lone Arrangers Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (two-year term); and
Two Steering Committee members (two-year terms) in the following roles: one Regional Representative Lead and one Newsletter Editor
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 MARS election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for a two-year term; and
One Communication Liaison for a two-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following...
2021 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Reference, Access, and Outreach election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee Members-at-Large for a two-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the...
Thank you to all our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Congressional Papers Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; and
2 Steering Committee members
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidates are running for...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Privacy and Confidentiality Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice. All candidates were asked to provide a statement addressing the question "What projects or initiatives would you be interested in pursuing as part of the Privacy and Confidentiality Section leadership?"
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a three...
Thank you to all our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Design Records Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
• Junior Co-Chair (two-year term)
• Steering Committee member (three-year term)
• Web Liaison (two-year term)
• Member-at-Large (two-year term)
We are also voting on an edit to our Section Standing Rules, as detailed below.
Ballots will be managed by SAA...
2021 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for the 2021 Description Section election. Please read below for candidate biographies and statements of interest.
You will be voting for:
-Vice-chair/Chair-elect
-One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-large
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice-chair/Chair-elect
Kimberly Anderson
Biography
Kimberly Anderson is the Director, Special Collections at...
The following candidates are running in the 2021 Native American Archives Section (NAAS) election. Five positions are open this year:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (three-year term)
Four Steering Committee members (two-year terms)
Please take some time to review the candidates' statements. Voting will begin later in the summer. SAA staff will send out links to ballots via email, so please keep an eye on your inbox.
Thanks to all of our candidates for standing in this year's election, and thanks...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Students and New Professionals Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term;
Secretary, for a one-year term; and
3 Steering Committee members (one-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Performing Arts Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Co-chair for a two-year term; and
1 Steering Committee members (one-year term).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following...
The Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC) is pleased to announce the What is a Regional Archival Organization? webinar taking place on Monday, May 24th at 2 pm ET.Monday, May 24th, 202111 pm PT / 12 pm MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ETRAAC encompasses multi-state, state, and local archival organizations. This webinar will cover five different archival organizations, their structures, and their initiatives, which includes fundraising, publications, annual meetings, and so much more. If you have...
Read candidate statements for the 2021/2022 Election
Candidate Biographies and Statements
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
April K. Anderson-Zorn
Biography:
April K. Anderson-Zorn is the university archivist for Illinois State University. Anderson-Zorn holds a master's degree in History from the University of Central Florida, an MLIS from Florida State University, maintains a Digital Archives Specialist certificate through the Society of American Archivists, and is a certified archivist. Anderson-Zorn is active in SAA and the Midwest Archives...
The Steering Committee has been reviewing the section’s current standing rules in order to update them and reflect current practices and overall SAA section guidelines.
In accordance with the standing rules, the proposed amendments were reviewed by the executive director (or her designee) and the section's Council Liaison and will now be put forward in a referendum vote by the section membership. The proposed changes will appear on the section's annual election ballot for a final approval by a...
The Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) seeks an Early-Career Member volunteer to serve on the Steering Committee for one year to gain valuable leadership experience and mentorship. Students and new professionals are encouraged to apply. Members of the Steering Committee will work closely with the Early-Career Member to develop a mission-focused, attainable project designed to help meet their career goals and introduce them to professional service.
The successful applicant is expected to...
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name, contact info, and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio to Jeremy Linden at jrlpph@gmail.com by Friday, May 28th, 5pm Eastern. See last year's candidate page as an example.
The work: Section projects include planning programming for the annual meeting, designing...
MARY GRACE KOSTA – 2021 AAO JAMES J. TALMAN AWARD WINNER
The James J. Talman Award was named after the second Archivist of Ontario, who served from 1935 to 1939. He subsequently served as Chief Librarian for the University of Western Ontario until 1969. The Award is given to individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding level of imagination and innovation in contributing to the profession, their institution, or the archival community, or who have challenged conventional thinking about...
Hi Colleagues,
The Performing Arts Section is conducting a survey/needs assessment to determine how performing arts archives handle content management and digital preservation, and what unique challenges performing arts archives face in these areas. We hope to use this information to connect users, share information, and potentially develop educational resources to help performing arts archivists better manage their collections.
We are interested in feedback from repositories of all types...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee. Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession by fostering discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digitization, digital archival objects, and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation.
The MDOS...
The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS), in collaboration with the Encoded Archival Standards Section Steering Committee, will be hosting a June webinar as part of the upcoming major revision of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
EAD 2002 and EAD3 are currently used by a global community, and TS-EAS aims to get a better understanding of the landscape of EAD use and the needs and requirements of the EAD community with regard...
